- Date
- February 25, 1986, 10:08 local (16:08 UTC)
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93472Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860225003719A
- Case key
- 7206
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees on the edge of a 5000 ft open field during a precautionary landing after the student plt on his first solo x-country became lost & confused. He landed off arpt even though he still had about 3 hrs fuel. Wx was not threatening and he was in radio contact with memphis center who was trying to help. The student's CFI thought that the landing was the result of panic and poor judgement. The student plt failed to shut off the switches & fuel after the acc and the acft burned completely.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93472
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 85494
- Airframe hours
- 3,979
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- T.A. Whitehurst, doing business as Bolivar Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- M08 · Bolivar, TN
- Destination
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 104 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DYR, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.